Top McCormick Place Articles

Chicago's McCormick Place is the largest convention center in North America, so the facility's banquet director, Eugene Gorleku, and his team stay busy year round.
Early in the year, there's the Chicago Auto Show First Look for Charity Gala, an event...

Ford enchanted the hundreds of thousands of people who attended the 2015 Chicago Auto Show, earning three of the five best in show awards bestowed by auto experts and show attendees.
“Best of Show voting has become a benchmark measure for our...

What's so interesting about an auto show?
Hmm. Let's narrow that question a bit. What brings women to the Chicago Auto Show, which wraps up Sunday at McCormick Place?
Full disclosure, folks. A car aficionado I am not. I drive a 2005 Toyota Corolla,...

WLS-Ch. 7 reporter Evelyn Holmes and photographer John Truitt are accustomed to documenting the news, not participating in the stories.
But when they drove up to a fiery crash on Lake Shore Drive on Saturday, they followed their instincts to help before...

1. NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. The RedEye Free Stuff February Chicago Comic and Entertainment ExpoChicago White Sox Baseball Sweepstakes (the “Promotion”...

The CTA, Metra and Pace would lose almost $130 million in state funding under the 2016 budget plan that Gov. Bruce Rauner presented Wednesday, potentially threatening transit services provided to disabled riders and opening the door to deep service cuts...

Monday, Feb. 16: CHICAGO AUTO SHOW FAMILY DAY
Your junior mechanics and race car drivers didn't need an official day to check out all the cars on display through Feb. 22. Nevertheless the Chicago Auto Show hosts its annual Family Day on Presidents...

1. NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. The RedEye Free Stuff February Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo Sweepstakes (the “Promotion”) is sponsored by RedEye,...

One of the reasons the nation’s longest running auto show is also the most well attended is because of the level of interactivity. Not only can showgoers go inside-out in nearly 1,000 new vehicles made by 41 manufacturers, but they can get behind...

The 107th installment of the nation's largest and longest-running auto show features an estimated 1,000 vehicles spread across 1 million square feet at McCormick Place. But even for kids who don't have their driver's licenses, the simulators and social...

Winner:
"We got a deal on the library. He says he only needs one big enough to hold his two autobiographies." - Bill K. Walsh, Naperville
Runners up:
1st: "Who would want to go to Hawaii when they could come to Chicago?" - Helen Murphy, La Grange...